Gerard Parkes

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-10-16 (90 years old)

Deathday

2014-10-19

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Gerard Parkes

Biography

Gerard "Gerry" Parkes was an Irish-born Canadian actor. He was born in Dublin, and moved to Toronto in 1956. He is best known for playing "Doc" on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television series Fraggle Rock and the bartender in the film The Boondock Saints and its sequel The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. His acting career spanned film, radio, television, and the stage. Parkes worked often on CBC radio, beginning in 1959, and shifted into television and film, acting in such diverse series as the 1960s' ecological adventure series The Forest Rangers, children's show The Littlest Hobo, and the detective series Cagney and Lacey. I...

Acting

1994

Small Gifts

as Priest

1995

It Takes Two

as St. Bart's Priest

1984

Draw!

as Circuit Judge Fawcett

1964

1994

Trapped in Paradise

as Father Gorenzel

1974

Running Time

as The Old Lady's Son

2005

Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away

as Doc (as Gerry Parkes)

1987

Fight for Life

as Father Robert Hunt

1989

Speaking Parts

as The Father

1988

1990

Common Ground

as Father Foley

1996

Mother Night

as Father Patrick Keeley

1997

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

as Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")

1983

Spasms

as Captain Novack

1968

1987

Heaven On Earth

as Reverend Laird

1991

1976

Second Wind

as Packard

2000

A House Divided

as Judge Stevens

1977

Bethune

as Dr. MacCacken

1968

Isabel

as Uncle Matthew

1971

The Apprentice

as Professor

1969

The First Time

as Charles

1981

Yesterday

as Professor Saunders

2000

Deeply

as Uncle Peat

1985

The Suicide Murders

as Frank Bushmill

1998

Thunder Point

as Prime Minister

1998

Thanks of a Grateful Nation

as Ferdinand Noble

1991

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